明冥之中 = To: The Other World

Abstract

Paper effigies are paper replicas of everyday items, burnt by believers to provide material comfort for departed loved ones in their afterlife. This traditional custom is practised by many Chinese communities to venerate their ancestors and it is an act of remembrance that holds value for both the deceased and the living. 明冥之中 (To: The Other World) relates to the intrinsic significance of the age-old custom to re-introduce and re-present it. The work is at once an imagination of the afterlife; and an appreciation of the custom.